Patents by Inventor Hermann Griech

Hermann Griech has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Belt retractor for a vehicular occupant restraint system
    Patent number: 5996924
    Abstract: A belt retractor for a vehicular occupant restraint system has a load-bearing frame and a stud for securing the belt retractor to a vehicle. The stud has a free end facing away from the frame, this free end being provided with a connecting projection. The connecting projection is provided with a guide pin for a nut adapted to be screwed on the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Griech, Alberto Margalef, Klaus Schiele, Hermann-Karl Weller
  • Motor-vehicle head rest
    Patent number: 5695252
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle head rest has a one-piece plastic body formed with a pair of like recesses opening parallel to each other, and respective pivot assemblies in each recess. Each such pivot assembly has a holder and a pivot element held in the holder. Interengaging formations on the body and holder retain the holders in the recesses, and respective rods engage up through the pivot elements of the assemblies. Such a head rest is made by fitting the holders to the respective pivot elements, engaging the holders carrying the respective pivot elements into the respective recesses and thereby interengaging the formations and locking the holders with their pivot elements in the respective recesses, and fitting the rods through the pivot elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Schmidt, Wolfgang Stenzel, Hermann Griech